Chd. Police was full on alert amid celebrations, Issued 2712 challans along with 85 drunk- driving

The enthusiasm among people to welcome New Year 2023 was on peak with fully filled clubs. Despite of many warnings by Chandigarh police about 85 people were caught for drunk-driving, out of which 65 vehicles were impounded and about 10 were arrested for drinking alcohol in public places.

A total of 2,712 people were challaned including 85 for drink-driving, 269 for parking wrongly and 2,358 for miscellaneous traffic violations .

To welcome New year there were about 43 calls for quarrel and 28 accidents were reported in Chandigarh.

A fire also broke out in sector 47 but was controlled timely. As per information, Police control room also received around 400 calls for different incidents on New Year's Eve.

Report by Priyank Gupta

Graphics by Lakshita Makkar